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New Ulm weekly review., 1887-08-17
AN INQUEST.
Coroner's Jury 1mpanellcd-Gen Supt e.
n. Armstrong, of the Road, T. T.stifies, Also
the Bridge Carnenter of HE Eaad

A Coroner's Jury Impanellcd-Gen. supt e.
N. Armstrong, of the Road, Te estifies, Also
the Bridge Carpenter of the Eoad
FORREST ILL.,, Special Telegram, Aug IL
Coroner Long impaneled the following
jurors from Chatsworth: W. A. Sears, John
P. Bingham, Frank Osborne, a. Turner,
D. E. Shaw and H. l. Cook After
viewing the dead bodies to be found, and
inspecting the scene Of the wreck, the jury
held session in the Chatsworth town hall
at $50 tonight. The first witness called
was E. N. Armstrong, the general superin-
tendent of the road. He said:
Our train left Chatsworth at IL AS Wednes-
day night. There were fifteen cars containing
from six to seven hundred people At :55 /
was awakened from sleep by a terrible shock.
The first thing I saw was fire on
both sides Of the track. AS sosn as /
recovered Hooked to see if my wife and the
other members of our party were alive. found
them alive and not seriously injured AS soon
as they had got out of the car and saw that
they were safe hurried to assist in the rescue OF
other parties The wounded were placed in the
sleepers did not notice any robbing going on,
although saw many parties handling the
corpses who said they were looking for relatives.
II think the speed Of the train was thirty
OF thirty-five miles an Nhour. One of my
section men told me that he had gone out at
5 80 O'clock in the evening to examine the road
and found everything in a good condition.
There We're then no signs of fire. Prairie fires
ran over the part of the country ten days before.
8. F. Marclay, bridge carpenter of the
road, testified:
The bridge was eighteen feet long and sus-
pended somewhat over eight feet above the
ground It was a pile basement bridge or trestle
built of oak and pine timber. It would have
lasted Two years more and take two hours to
burn through. 4
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-08-17

United States Circuit Judge La
combe, OF New York, has decided that
in the matter ordering the return OF
immigrants likely to become a public
charge, the order OF the emigration
commissioners in absolute, and the
court has no Jurisdiction. This up
set a decision Of an opposite charac.
ter by another New York Judge, and
is more satisfactory.
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-08-17
THE INJURED.

/ i. -s ~. . II & Il
The following are the names of the
wounded as far as taken:
E. A. Parker and wife of Peoria, wounded in
head and limbs: Mrs Emma Regan and son,
Peoria, slightly injured; John Frye, Peoria, leg
broken and back injured; 81. L. Ogden, Gray
don. ILL.,, head and foot crushed; Florence
Boucher, Bayard, Iowa, arm hurt: Pat Brady.
Gilman, ILL.,, foot and head hurt; Sophia Paul
ine Peoria, head injured: p. W. Young, West
Jersey, hand; c. w. Swank. West Jersey, foot
and shoulder: G.. A. Scott, Toulin ILL.,. ankle:
Thomas Trimmins, Partridge, ILL.,, arms, hips
and leg: Theodore Godet, Peoria, head and legs;
Mrs. Edith Chellew, Glassford. Ill. leg broken
and ankle bruised: Mr.. Chellew, Hassford, leg
dislocated; Joe Neal Mossville ILL.,. head and
limbs; Mrs. Joe Neal, Mossville arm and leg
broken. baby killed; Miss Julia Valdejo, Peoria,
injured internally; Abbie Edmonds. Driscoil
ankle; DR.. E. P. Hazen and wife, Fort Madison,
Iowa. head hurt; Miss Emma Alter, Westpoint,
Iowa, head and limbs; Mrs. G. Thorne. Rusk,
Iowa, internally; n. 81. Bond, Colchester, ILL.,.
internally; Mrs. Thomas McAvoy, Peoria, inter-
nally: Mrs. T. w. Grant, Peoria, internally: Mary
Morries Peoria, bruise d; Robert Simmerman
Peoria, head and spine: E. f. French, PEORIA hips
| and body; Eaton Waters. Peoria, hips and body;
Otto Johnson, Burlington, Iowa, legs; Mrs. x.
n. Clark, Riotstown, Iowa, legs; G.. w. Cress,
Washington, Ill. head and chest: ]. e. Desch-
ankle: Arthur McCarty, Eureka, Ill, both eyes
gone: David Crawford head. limbs and hips: "A
F. MCGEE. legs and spine; Mrs S. R Borden
Tonica ILL.,, feet; William Forbes, Elm
wood, Ill, chest and head; Elizabeth
| Sellers, La Harpie, H., limbs: Mrs. Lydia Wat.
ters, Peoria, nose, jaw and legs; 81. Abraham
nose. jaw and head; William Smith, Peoria
head crushed; Frank TAYLOR. McComb. ILL.,. in
ternally: John Steers, Rushville, ILL.,, legs; NV
Stearns. Green Valley, Ill, leg: Adam S. HON
berger, hip: S. =. Belsley. Deer Creek. I'll heat
and ankle; Patton Cress, Washington. Ill
LEGS: j, B. Kelly, Beeds. Ill, hip ane
leg broken: Frank Snadecker. Abingdon. Ill
head and leg broken; Daniel Rock. Rosefeld
H., head. leg and hands: A. c. Jordon, Danvine
Iowa. leg: G. A. Grigg, Danville. Iowa; Mrs. G
G. Allen. Galesburg, Ill, head: w. =. Ellis Peo
ria, head hnrt Minnie Vanghsdale. Peoria le,
broken Calvin Davis. Peoria. arm and leg: Con
ductor Stillweil. head. arm and Leg: g. a Car
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-08-17
. the country.

In a single year. Germany shipped
to the coast OF Africa 7.136,236 GAL
Ions OF rum, and England sent 6O2,-
328, gallons, while the United States
provided the heather with 921,412
gallons of whisky. Strong drink
seems to be a potent civilizer in some
countries, but in others the result is
different.
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-08-17
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TWO MEN KIIIEn

MARNETTE. Wis. Aug. lls-Hugh McDop
aid and Ed McDuff OF PeshtIgo were instantly
killed while crossing railroad track in )
wagon
KILLED IN MINE.
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 1 11.-Shafr No. /. Of the
Ashland mine. near Hurley. Wis. cayed IN
Yesterday afternoon at $50 O'Clock, killing
Tim G. Dwyre, Steve Meyer. John Toll and
4 Louis Augustine. Joseph Urban had both
legs broken. Dwyre leaves wife and five
children at Hancock, Mich, but the Others
are single men
KILLED WHILE HERDNG CATTLE
GRANITE FALLS. Special Telegram, Aug. 1.
During heavy thunder storm yesterday
afternoon the ten-y -year-old daughter of Seiger
Bergerson, living fourteen miles north of
here, was killed by lightning while herding
caLtle.
THE DEADLY BOLT.
CANON FALLS, Special. Aug. 11.-Mrs. j. d.
Holm, about i've miles east OF this city.
was instantly killed by lightning TUESDAY
night
BROKE HIs NECK
La CRossE, Wis, Special Telegram. Aug.
II. John Sheridan fell from wagon this
afternoon and broke his neck
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-08-17

The total amount OF invisible wheat
on hand on both coasts on the 1st
inst, is found by Bradstreet's to be
80, 100000 bushels, or 100000 less
than was on hand July 1, 1885. The
visible supply amounts to enough to
make a total Of 72,OOO.OO0 bushels
In the country.
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-08-17

Professor Elisha Gray's new discov-
cry is called autobiography, and it is
claimed that it will be possible with
It's use to write upon a sheet OF paper
and have an autographic fac-simile Of
the writing reproduced by telegraph
BOO miles away, and probably a much
greater distance.
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-08-17
An Excursion Train Near hattsworth
illinois, Drops Through a
Burning Bridge.
Of the Fxcursionists One Hundred and
Eighteen Are Almost In
stantly Killed.
While Over Four Times That Number
Sustain Injuries More or Less
Serious.
list OF THE DEAD.
ED McCLINToCK Of Peoria. en-
gineer, leaves wife and two chill

ED McCLINTOCK Of Peoria. en-
gineer, leaves wife and two chill
dren.
- MEEK, Eureka
MARY LAWS, Eureka.
ARTHUR MCCARTHY. Eureka.
JAMER BLAIR, Eureka.
MRS. D. DUCAT, Forrest.
GODEL, father and son.
BILL STEVENSON, and two
daughters
CAPT. DAHLKE.
MRS. JAMES DEAL.
MRS. WILLIAM BALL.
SUSIE BALL.
WILLIAM REGAIN.
PHENA FRAHM.
MRS. VALENTINE.
MRS. VALDEJO and daughter.
r. E. STOCKAN. Peoria.
MISS STEVENS and father.
MIKE REAGAN, Binghampton.
{ WILLIAM CRAIG, Cuba. III.
HENRY HECKER, Pekin, I'LL
NOAH HAVERMORE. Canton, Ill
M. SMITH, Metamora, III.
GEORGE A. SMITH, Peoria.
MRS. ZIMMERMAN, Peoria.
MRS. MURPHY, Peoria.
ROSA MURPHY. Peoria.
MAGGIE MURPHY. Peoria.
MAGGIE MALvOW, Peoria.
MISS NEAL. Mossville, III.
EMELINE CARRUTHERs, Evans,
III.
JESS MEEK, Eureka, Ill.
8. HERMAN, Brimfield, ILL.,
ELIZABETH CREsS, Washington,
III.
MRS. E. D. sToDDARD. West
Point, Iowa.
MRS. PEARL ADAMS, Peoria.
PEARL FRENCH, Peoria.
r w. n. HOII tfC, bushnell, ILL
MRS. S. J. MCLAY, Eureka, Ill
I'D. RICHARDS, Peoria.
MRS. BREEZE, Peoria.
W. GEORGE RETZEN. Peoria.
T. S. TROyILLO, Peoria.
E. F. ADAMS, Fairbury. III.
w. h LOT, Ellwood, III.
ADDIE WEBSTER, Peoria.
MRS. WILLIAM ALLEN, Peoria.
MRS. H. B. MCCLURE and daugh-
ter, Peoria.
MRS. MILLER, Peoria.
MR.. WRIGHT, Peoria.
MRS. JAMES DALE, Peoria.
MRS. WILLIAM BALLAND and
daughter, Peoria.
B. F. HYNOTT, Peoria.
E: G. ODELL and son.
DR.. WILLIAM COLLINS, Gales
burg.
J. S. KALER, Breeds Station. III.
MRS. JOHN MURPHY. Peoria.
HENRY S. G. GETZON, Keokuk,
Iowa.
ONEY SPAITH. Green Valley, Ill.
JOHN A. MOORE, Jacksonville, III.
j. D. McFADDEN, Peoria. "
CAPT. AHLKE, Bloomington.
A. MARTIN, Bloomington.
ia GREEN. Breeds Station, Ill.
And about twenty dead at Piper
City.
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-08-17
The decrease IN the National debb
in July was only about $4,000, 900,
pwingt to large expenditures under con.
yressional appropriations.

The crops Of the State OF Missouri
Tor 1887, SO far as they have been
harvested, are much larger thanthose
Of average years, while the prospects
Tor such as have not yet natured are
highly encouraging.
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-08-17

In addition to the above list Of killed there
are still between thirty and forty bodies
awaiting Identification. Among them are
eight or ten children, some only two Of
three months old
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-08-17
The Fishery Question.

Washington, Special-If there are new
OF the fisheries the public will be compelled
to 60 elsewhere than the state department.
Tor information. Assis tant Secretary OF
State Porter says that he has absolutely
nothing to communicate e and that the pub
licwill be compelled to await develop.
ments. Porter does not hesitate to ex-
press himself freely as to the precipitancy
with which Admiral Luce appears
to have discovered what the
treaty means, and does not think
that that officer, after the rebuke he has
received from the secretary Of the navy,
will volunteer any further in Interpretations
OF treaties and international law. A fair
conclusion from the general undcrcurrent
at the state department is that negotia-
tions are pending which it is hoped will
result in a better understanding ii not a
happy solution OF the fisheries question.
It is quite possible. however. that the
conclusion, ii any shall be reached, will
not be announced until the president
sends his message to congress. Minister
Phelps, it is known, is proceeding under
specific instr uctions
For some time past the Indian commits
81 ioner has been dissatisfied with the man
ner in which Jessie Lee Hall, the
agent at the kiowa, Comnnche and
Wichita agency in Indian Territory. has
been conducting the business Of his agency.
and two special inspectors were ordered
there to make thorough investigation.
j. L. Blooming,1ale OF Princeton, Mimi,
]. Bimsley OF La Crosse. j. B. Reed of Os-
kaloosa, Iowa, were admitted to practice
before the interior department..
Postmasters commissioned: Iowa; Bel
nond S. Adams; Laurel P. Smith. Fourth
class postmaster appointed
sin: Caledonia H. v. Funk: Crandon. NJ.
A. Fay; Hayward. J.. McCuskard; Lost
| Creek, f. j. Rabarle.
The applications received at the treas
ury department to date for payment of i'm
| terest on registered bonds are as follows:
Four per cent. 50, 4GS $50; As, So.715.-
600, and Pacific railroad bonds, $50, oop,
total, $500. 250.
The wife OF General n. II. Curtis died
Erecently at Ogdensburg New York.
She Was formerly Miss Emily Clark,
and resided at SpringsyiIle, Illinois.
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-08-17


father and brought him out Both his legs
corn to the side of his wife and, feeling her
brandy to her lips and asked her now she
felt Afeeble groad was
THE ONLY ANSWER.
and the next instant she died. The man felt
the forms of his dead wife and child and
cried out, aMy God! there is nothing more
for me to live for now and taking pistol
out of his pocket, pulled the trigger. The
bullet went surely through his brain, and the
three dead bodies Of that little family are
| now lying side by side in Cha+sWorth waiting
! to be identified About 5 o'clock the re-
porter was driven out to the
wreck. The driveway led along the
left of the railroad and to
| the south os the road was
an old-fashioned Usage orange hedge The
road was very muddy and full of chuck holes
A stream of humanity was pouring in from
/ the wreck Some had checks in their hats
and carried valises They were evidently
i passengers on the ll-fated train. Country
boys and girls came along swinging hands
i and talking in low tones about the terrible
disaster. A photographer dragged his
i weary limbs along the track. BE
was carrying a camera and q lot
i of negatives The roadbed was almost
level. just a little grade running ND to the
wreck at raise OF ten or fifteen feet to the
1 mile About two or three miles from the
4 town on little raise was the debris Of the
wreck The sleeping car 1TunisD was at the
] end Of the train It was lacked In the air.
4 supported by the trestles The front end Of
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-08-17

with which the fire could be fought, and SO
the attempt was made to smother it out
There was no pick or shovel to dig 1t up; no
baskets or barrows to carry it in, and SO,
desperate, they dug their fingers down into
the earth, which long drouth had baked
almost as hard as stone, and heaped the
precious handsful thus hardly won upon the
encroaching flames, and with this earthWork,
built handful by handful
KEPT BACK THE FOE
While this was going on, brave men crept
underneath the wrecked cars beneath the
fire and the wooden bars which held prison
ers SO many precious lives, and with pieces
of board and sometimes their hands, beat
back the flames when they flashed up along
side some unfortunate wretch who, pinned
down by heavy beam, looked on he1pIessly
while it seemed as If his death by fire was
certain; and while the fight was thus going
on, the ears Of the workers were filled with
the groans of dying men, the anguished en-
treaties Of those whose death seemed certain
| unless the terrible blaze could be extin-
gu1shed, ana the cries OF those too badly
hurt to care in what manner the end were
brought about so only it would be quick. So
| they dug up the earth with their hands, reck-
| less of the blood streaming out from broken
| finger nails. and heaped it upon little mounds.
while all the while came the heartrending
cry. For Gods sake don't let us burn to
death But finally victory was won, the FIRE
WAS put out after four hours Of endeayor.
and as It's last spark died away light came
mp in the east to take their place, and dawn
came upon q scene Of horror While the fight
had been going on men had been dying, and
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-06-24
Personal Mention.

L. f. Blackmer Of San Diego is in the
city.
II. M. Gillig has returned from San
francisco.
A. j. Snodgrass, the sheriff of Ven
tura, is in the city.
F. w. Judd and wife Of Santa Bar
bara are at the St. Elmo.
Dial E. Harrison of Richmond, Va, is
at the Nadeau House.
/. Hewitt and wife, OF Pasadena, Wis
tied Long Beach yesterday.
j. M. Drake, prominent merchant OF
Riverside, was in the city yesterday.
Seward Cole and sisters of the Cab I'M
ga Valley were in this city yesterday.
A. J. Potter and P. L. Sweeney, of
the City of Mexico, are registered at
the st. Charles.
John McGonigle, the talented and
handsome editor of the Ventura Demo.
crat and Posto6ice arrived in the city
yesterday. His charming daughter ac-
companies him.
Ed. Maxwell of San Luis Obispo
arrived in this city yesterday. Ed will
sas that his home club gets lots of
s.whooping up" at the Saturday and
Sunday games Of ball.
Hon. ]. Marion Brooks, United States
District Attorney. has returned from
Ventura. Mr.. Brooks states that 1t has
besn decided that an U. 8. attorney can
ur.otice In all courts where the United
6lasss i not . party to the action.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-06-24
Chronic Bronchitis.

Chronic Bronchitis is also an infamma
ton of the mucous membrane of the bron-
chial tubes. When a cold settles on the
lungs the disease either ends in bronchitis
or pneumonia. If 1t ends in bronchitis 1t
usually passes eff as n cold on the chest,
and still the patient does net feel entirely
well. He feels tired and languid, and is In.
capable of taking his usual amount OF exer-
cise. and experiences ehortness of breath
with more or less warmth in the palms of
his hands Soon after this cough appears.
accompanied by an expectoration OF thick
mucus, followed by a hectic flush. loss Of
tinue, when the patient assumes all the ap-
pearances ofhaving genuine case of con-
sumption. But this Is simply catarrh of the
lungs or chronic Bronchitis.
In the later stage of the disease the mucus
membrane of the larger bronchial tube
softens, while in the smaller tubes and air
cells OF the lungs the mucus membrane be-
comes congested and infammed. There
are no cayaties nor tubercies In the lungs,
but merely wasting away OF the larger
bronchial tubes, and death takes place
from obstruction of the bronchial tubes and
air cells of the lungs The patient dies
from exhaustion and suffocation, being
unable to expectOrate the mucus which
lungs, which in some cases Is sticky and
small in quantity, but more commonly
copious, of a light straw or yell0wish green.
Ofteutimes streaks of blood make their ap-
pe8rance in the mucus, and at times there
is a disagreeable smell. Persons thus af.
ficted are very liable to take a cold, at
which time the mucus becomes clear and
frothy, and it Is not uncommonly the case
that the patient dies In one of these attacks
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-06-24
CATARRH

To those who are afflicted with any of the
different forms of Catarrn, we Guild ray,
there Is no disease which presents greater
diversity Of symptoms, none more loathsome
insidious and DANCE GUS than Nasal atarfn,
especially II complicated, las 1t almost always
is, even from its Brst appearance, with an
affection of the throat.
From the earliest symptoms (Which are
generally attributed 70 a "cold in the head")
to the various ugly and distressing stages
through which the disease passes, the pa
tieBt Is hopeful of recovery, and rGrely
gives it proper attention until certain
alarming symptoms present themselves,de-
noting Enthusiastically the rapid advance of
the malady to the lungs. Indeed, so various
nre the symptoms that the presence of The
disease is not always known or even sus-
pected, until 1t has reached stage difficult
to arrest. The disease may or may not be at
tended by discharge from the nostrils or
throat. but there Is usually present NOR
bid secretion and a frequent disposition
throat, and the effort to do SO is often.
though not always, attended by expectora-
ton; there is sensation of heaviness in
the frontal part OF the head, and the brain
sometimes suffers to an extent producing
headache. vertigo and confusion: it be-
comes difficult to think clearly. aud to con-
centrate the mind; tho memory becomes
impaired and the intellect enfeebled; de.
spondency of spirit and AN excitable condi-
tion of the nervous system. Such is the eff
feet of the disease, and IL to this train of
symptoms (which not infrequently leads to
to insanity or idiocy) we add many of the
m ore loathseme physical effects. as castles,
or rottenness of the bones of the face and
head, a most offensive smell to the breath,
| and corrupt, morbid and poisonous secre-
tiOns, destruction or the serious injury Of
the sense of smell, hearing. sight and taste.
we havea catalogue of horrors " hich would
lead any person to make early and proper
efforts to eradicate the disease from the
system. Every case of Catarrh is durable If
properly treated.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-06-24
A WHEEL OF FORTUNE.
VERY indifferent Cigars made the
stakes.

VeTy umOhhhS1gh VS. 80 = e'-.">S $3.50
stakes.
A street fakir in order to reap good
harvest for his industry must be contin.
ually introducing something new to the
public attention or else his share Of
patronage will be poor indeed. The
latest move Vas brought out yesterday
by an itinerant who made his stand at
the corner of Commercial and Main
streets. 1t was conducted after the
style of q wheel of fortune and the
prizes were cigars. A round table
studded with wooden pegs and revolv-
ing needle formed the layout. Be-
tween the pegs were placed cigars vary
ing in quantity, some of the pegs con-
tanning 2. some and the maximum
number 6. The needle was then re.
volved and at whichever peg it stopped
the person who had been adventurous
enough to risk 10 cents received the
cigars therein. As probably even when
the capital prize of 6 cigars was won
the operator was not loser by the
transaction, there was doubtless good
reason for the happy smile which pre-.
vaded his features as he answered to the
requirements of a specializing crowd of
boys, Mexicans ENTHUSIASTICALLY grin.
goes"
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-06-24
Peoples Ssore-specia,s To-day

1CORhC'B StOEG-SBOCHalB q
In our dress goods department we have
goods, the first we will mention is a line OF
striped cotton csshmeres at sc yard.
These goods are being sold at the price OF
the commonest print and as we offer them
at SC yard we expect to be unable, with
our entire force, to properly serve our
patrons and suggest that you cali early, as
Is the usual case after 10 O'Clock we expect
to see no more on our counters. Our sec.
ond special sale to-day is line OF of mo-
hair mixture In brown and grey. For a
summer garment We recommend these
goods at 15c yard. They are wool filling
and when seen you cannot help but pur-
chase. To-morrow's price. zoe and cheap at
that.
goods department.. We have on special sale
for the boys a line of satin cravats at sc
each. Everyone pretty and neat design.
Former price was Csc.
Odds and ends in ladies' Jerseys which
number in all is just 50. We have placed
them on sale at The uniform price of 75c
each. They are varied in SITS les and prices.
They consist of ladies, misses and chill
drens sizes and range in value from sl25 to
81 so.
Our domestic department offers special
sale, yard wide unbleached muslin at be a
yard, worth SIG.
All linen striped buggy robe Csc each,
worth 95c.
Striped Jersey cloth. the latest fabric for
seaside wear, 25c yard.
Pure fax plain dress linens, for busters.
ETC., 15c yard, worth 25c.
Apron check gipghams. exc yard, worth
10c.
The following specials In our Underwear
department will be on sale to-day only:
Ladies' muslin ce.trimmed drawers Csc,
worth 40c.
Ladies' muslin chemise at 35c, trimmed
with two rows of insertion and tucks;
worth SOC.
Ladies' full-size lawn aprons l9c, worth
Csc
Children's muslin drawers 10c a pair,
worth Csc.
Ladies' white heDastitched handkerchiefs
S13c, worth 12x.
Ladies fancy striped hose. new and ele-
CANT designs, 121lc pair, worth zoe.
ChildIen's fancy c0lored borderei hand.
kerchiefs, 1c each. PEOPLES STORE.